Tom Lutz, is a celebrated author, travel photographer, founder of the Los Angeles Review of Books and a distinguished professor at UC Riverside, the University of California. His current book is: 1925 - A Literary Encyclopedia, and this is much more than a reference work. This is a cultural x-ray on 1925, which he identifies as “the most stunning year.” Tom presents 1925 as a collage of literature, art, dance, music, the rise of advertising and more. You can take a curious tour and you'll encounter a wide range of courageous writers and artists. He's also currently working with a Los Angeles-based production company on a television show set in the 1920s. Tom writes, “In 1925, I could see the seeds of virtually every aspect of our cultural life, from art and politics to the fear of environmental collapse and the alarming rise of right-wing authoritarianism.” And this book raises an important question. What can we learn from the creative and social breakthroughs of 1925, when a hundred years later the world still mirrors division, ideology and struggles for equality? As Tom notes, “we have come far and yet not very far at all," but we end with hope. 1925 shows us how real change was, and still can be achieved - that art is necessary.

Discover Tom Lutz: https://www.tomlutzwriter.com/

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Series Music - Courtesy of Barry J. Gibb

Closed Captions are added to all audio interviews in this series.

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Birungi Kawooya is a self-taught British-Ugandan artist, wellbeing researcher, and creative facilitator. Her name, Birungi, means 'Bringer of Good Things,' a name deeply rooted in Ugandan culture. Her art practice is a return to her heritage. Reconnecting with Ugandan culture, artisanal practices, and the natural environment, has been central to her personal recovery. After a marketing career in London left her deeply burnt out, Birungi turned toward art and healing. She began exploring the trauma she experienced as a Black, disabled woman, and as a child growing up in London with working-class roots. Self-care has come through creating art with natural fibres such as palm and banana leaves, embracing afro-somatic movement and dances of the African diaspora, whilst keeping an emphasis on rest and simply being enough. Birungi’s work reminds us that care is cultural, creative, and communal, and that healing practices from the Global Majority have long offered wisdom, balance, and restoration. Her workshops offer safe, healing spaces for Black women and non-binary people. And, as a true 'Bringer of Good Things,' she offers community care through mindfulness rooted in African practices, nurturing healing and connection. Her spaces of cultural rootedness are acts of both resistance and restoration, where Birungi invites you to dream, rest, and heal.

Images courtesy of Birungi Kawooya.

Discover Birungi Kawooya: https://birungikawooyaart.com/home/

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Series Audio Editor - Joey Quan.

Series Music - Courtesy of Barry J. Gibb

Closed Captions are added to all audio interviews in this series.

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Today, public relations is powered by digital storytelling, inclusivity, immersive experiences, data and hybrid strategies. But it's also shaped by distinct and diverse artists who happen to be PR creatives. And that's exactly what this exhibition episode uncovers and celebrates. For the first time, the Art of PR, liberates these artists from the client brief. Now in its second year, this dedicated exhibition showcases PR professionals as artists telling their own creative stories. The Coningsby Gallery in London has hosted both editions, and this year you can also explore the online exhibition until the 15th of October, thanks to Occhi Arts & Entertainment. The link is below on this episode page.

Joining us today are Ade Lee, founder of the Art of PR. Ade also specialises in wet plate photography, creating unique contemporary portraits and images by returning to Victorian techniques of the 1850s.

Fola Odumosu, is a sculptor who handcrafts abstract forms, working intuitively. She develops a dialogue with her materials, building imagined architecture that can both rise from the canvas or stand as three-dimensional works.

Simon Moore, is a fine artist, creative director, designer, illustrator and animator. His work has been shown in the BP Portrait Award at London's National Portrait Gallery and he's equally at home scaling up to film billboards or street art.

Nadia Padayachy, is a portrait artist whose work captures raw emotional depth. Themes of parenting, love, resilience and connection run through her paintings with unflinching honesty. Nadia was also quarter finalist on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2024 and her work also includes a lifelong passion for cinema.

We talk about the courage it takes to be an artist, to stand in your own vulnerability, building confidence through connection, leaving comfort zones, but supporting wellbeing. We explore the gift of reflection in abstract art, the role of narrative and recognition, the influence of cinema, finding fulfilment, whether your art is commercial or not, and the creative engine of curiosity.

You can enjoy The Art of PR, online exhibition with 19 diverse, artists, beautifully presented, courtesy of Occhi Arts & Entertainment. It's available until the 15th of October, just scroll down to Enter Exhibition:

https://occhicontemporary.org/online-gallery/

And in Season 7, meet two more distinct artists, also exhibiting in The Art of PR, Tonye Ekine and David Emmanuel Noel, highlighting identity, personal and social wellbeing.

Images, kind permission of:

Ade Lee - 1. Self portrait 2. Peruvian puppeteer Bella.

Fola Odumosu - 1. Infinite 2. Comfort Zone

Simon Moore - 1. Flotsam and Jetsam 2. Time Is the Old Justice

Nadia - 1. Sleeping with Babies

Discover the artists:

Ade Lee: https://www.instagram.com/aderollei/?hl=en-gb

Fola Odumosu: https://www.folaodumosu.com/

Simon Moore: https://www.burkeandhare.net/

Nadia Padayachy: https://www.instagram.com/nadiapadayachy/?hl=en-gb

Coningsby Gallery, The Art of PR:

https://www.coningsbygallery.com/exhibition/art-of-pr-september-2025

Exhibition soundtrack, Hoxton Radio:

https://hoxtonradio.com/nondef-cd-sounds-art-of-pr-2025/

Production:

Series Audio Editor - Joey Quan.

Series Music - Courtesy of Barry J. Gibb

Closed Captions are added to all audio interviews in this series.

Read only, text transcripts of every interview, news, reviews and your host, Paula Moore, are available here: https://canartsaveus.com/

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